The PING/ASU Invitational featured nine teams ranked in the top 25, including five in the top 10.

 

The Lady Frogs shot 292 Friday, 294 Saturday and 293 Sunday, falling only 22 shots off first place UCLA with a total of 879. 

 

Raastad carded a 68, recording four birdies and one bogey to tie for third place individually. It was her best finish in a tournament since the 2010 Mountain West Championships where she came in second place.

 

The Asker, Norway, native concluded play with a 214 to place just two strokes behind co-medalists Ani Gulugian of UCLA and Demi Runas of UC Davis.

 

Raastad is the third Lady Frog to earn a top five finish this season, and she is also the fourth with a top 15 result this season.

 

Beeler recorded her second eagle of the spring. She added a pair of birdies for her final round score of 74 and the tie for 24th individually.

 

Freshman April McCoy and sophomore Sanna Nuutinen added 75 and 76 in the final round. 

 

McCoy tied for 26th individually after two birdies on the last nine holes while Nuutinen birdied three of her opening eight holes.

 

Women’s Tennis

 

The women’s tennis team remained undefeated in Mountain West play with a 4-3 win over UNLV Sunday. 

 

After earning their fifth straight victory, the No. 45 Lady Frogs improved to 12-5 overall and 4-0 in conference. With three matches remaining, TCU is the only team in the No. 1 spot in the Mountain West standings.

 

TCU won the doubles point with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 courts.

Senior Gaby Mastromarino and freshman Simona Parajova won their fifth-straight doubles match in an 8-1 win over Anett Ferenczi-Bako and Ella Bourchier, improving their spring record to 11-1 at the third position Sunday.

 

Sophomore Gabi Barbosa and junior Kelsey Sundaram came back from being down 4-0. They fought back for the win with Barbosa’s serve for a 9-7 win over Lucia Batta and Manon de Lanlay. The win clinched the doubles point for TCU and put the Frogs ahead 1-0. 

 

In singles play, junior Federica Denti was the key match at the fourth position. Denti was down 3-1 in the third set and made a comeback to earn the victory over de Lanlay 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. 

 

Along with Denti, No. 5 position Mastromarino and No. 6 position Barbosa provided the three other points toward the 4-3 win against UNLV.

 

At fifth position, Mastromarino picked up a 7-5, 6-3 win over Ferenczi-Bako for the Lady Frogs’ only straight-set win. Barbosa clinched the match for TCU with a 0-6, 6-1, 6-3 set to take down Bourchier.

 

In the all-time series, TCU evened the record to 7-7 with the Rebels.